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Othello
- Narrated by: Emma Fielding, Hugh Quarshie, Anton Lesser
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
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Publisher's Summary
This widely studied play is one of the "best sellers" of the Shakespeare canon. This production is the sixth Shakespeare play in the series undertaken by Naxos AudioBooks in conjunction with Cambridge University Press.
The full cast also includes Roger May, Roy Spencer, Simon Weir, David Timson, Jonathan Keeble, Stephen Thorne, Peter Yapp, John McAndrew, and Alison Pettit.
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- Darwin8u
- 09-17-17
Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus
“Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens to the which our wills are gardeners.”
― William Shakespeare, Othello
Othello is one of my favorite of Shakespeare's plays. I'm all about the villians, and damn, Iago isn't JUST a nearly perfect villian, but carries away almost 1/3 the lines in this play. He owns the stage. It is like Shakespeare scraped every rotten grain off the soiled shoe of humanity and mixed it with beautiful prose. Iago isn't a monster because he is foreign to us, he is a perfect monster because he so closely resembles the worst in all of us. Wicked man. Wicked us.
Othello, while not as interesting (to me) is still a great character. His decent into madness, his fits, his passion, his otherness, his race, etc., make him a dynamic and powerful character. Enough to balance Iago, but not enough (in the end) to beat him. One of the reasons this play has been, is, and will be for a while, so powerful is the reactions interracial/interethnic evoke. It seems like every couple steps society takes forward, we fall (hard) back at least one. Anyway, Shakespeare jumped into this mess 400+ years ago. Bravo.
Just a few of my favorite lines:
― “The robb'd that smiles, steals something from the thief; He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.” (Act 1, Scene 3)
― “It is silliness to live when to live is torment, and then have we a prescription to die when death is our physician.” (Act 1, Scene 3)
― “O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!" (Act 2, Scene 3)
― “Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving." (Act 2, scene 3)
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- TM
- 08-08-14
Great Performances - Classy Production
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This is a high quality performance of Othello that I found worked well as an Audiobook. It would probably help to read up a little bit on the overall plot before listening.
Well worth the purchase.
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- Seejay B.
- 04-07-18
One of the best performances I've heard
Though it was at times hard to follow which character was speaking, the main characters were very good, especially Othello and Desdemona. Iago was good as well though his voice was at times too quiet to hear as well.
I liked the period music, and the Desdemona player's singing voice was sweet and melodic as fit her character.
The play itself was, of course, full of those hard-to-understand words from Shakespeare's time (I followed along with an annotated book), and the occasionally overblown scenes, and sexism. It is also somewhat racist -- but then, Othello is portrayed as an honorable and kind and intelligent man, which would be against stereotypes of the time, until Iago tricks him into madness.
Yet, the bottom line is that it's Shakespeare! A master of the language and story and emotions. Worth reading/listening to every now and then.
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- Christian
- 10-02-17
Excellent narration
The actors made it feel as if they were standing right in front of me.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-03-16
Iago the creepy the Villan
fascinating story. It was very easy to follow. it is worth listening to if only to listen to the creepy Villan Iago and his creepy deceiving of Othello.
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- Dee Cue
- 03-12-19
Just get librivox
I don't like that this is not organized by act or scene in the chapters section. It's confusing.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-19-17
A title is too little to incapsulate such grandeur
In this powerful Shakespearean tragedy, innocence is corrupted and trust is eroded as every relationship is thoughtfully drawn into a tangled web of jealousy by the Machiavellian villain. The voices are different for every character and their superb characterisation bring all the characters to life. The text is faithful to the original one and there are no changes made to it. there are also some sound effects to further immerse you in the story but none too many.
needless to say, I highly recommend this audio book not just for it's impeccable story but also for the great job the voice actors do. Well done!
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- Holly
- 03-20-17
Faithful audio version with great performances
Would you consider the audio edition of Othello to be better than the print version?
For teaching purposes, alongside the text, yes. It was written to be performed after all.
What other book might you compare Othello to and why?
Shakespeare's other works. Especially the tragedies.
Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I haven't - I think it is unique as it is a cast performance and not just a single narrator, which is why I bought it for teaching purposes. The performances are convincing and bring the text to life. For me, it is better than having the class read it aloud all the time as the pace is set by the actors and it seems more realistic. This helps the class to understand the action and plot.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
N/A
Any additional comments?
Fantastic as a teaching resource alongside the text itself.
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- Karen Steinberg
- 07-20-16
Excellent performance of classic tragedy
Cast was wonderful, especially Othello and Desdemona, and dialogue clear. Recommend highly and plan to listen again.
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- Jamie Lyn Mattis
- 06-19-16
loved it
great performance and followed word for word by the book. definitely recommend! great work all
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- Andrew Williams
- 09-27-20
Not the best
I wasn’t super impressed with the actors and their speaking of the poetry of Shakespeare.
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- HappyShopper
- 10-25-17
Study Aid was fantastic
I used this audio book to support my studies and it helped greatly, listened on the train and tube!
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Shakespeare's Othello is one of his finest and most famous tragedies. This highly acclaimed performance, which ran between November 2007 and February 2008 at the Donmar Warehouse in London, features Chiwetel Ejiofor as the Moor Othello, Ewan McGregor as the scheming Iago, and Kelly Reilly as the gentle Desdemona. This recording features music written specifically for the stage production which enjoyed huge success - each performance was a sell-out.
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Goats and Monkeys!
- By M. W. Roberts on 03-16-10
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Othello
- Shakespeare Appreciated: (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
- By: William Shakespeare, Jonathan Lomas, Phil Viner
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Jude Akuwudike, Nick Murchie
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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Experience Othello as a powerful full-cast drama with entertaining and enlightening commentary that explains what's what and who's who as the plot unfolds. To help you get the most out of Shakespeare, the narrator offers historical insights and background information, so you can enjoy the jokes, appreciate the references, and get a real sense of Shakespeare's world.
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Excellent Listen
- By Cody on 08-27-09
By: William Shakespeare, and others
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Hamlet
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Hamlet, which dates from 1600-1601, is the first in Shakespeare's great series of four tragedies. In writing this extraordinary play, Shakespeare effectively re-invented tragedy after an interval of roughly 2,000 years - you would have to go back to the Greek dramatists of fifth century Athens to find anything of comparable depth and maturity. This production features the voice of Anton Lesser as Hamlet along with a full cast.
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Excellent Copy
- By Kirby on 11-27-03
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Othello
- Othello (Dramatized)
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Ray Fearon, Anastasia Hille, Full Cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Original Recording
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In this story of evil cunning perverting a once noble mind, radio captures Iago's sly hints and boasts to the audience with shocking clarity. The listener is led along an emotional path that grips with fascinating horror until the play's tragic conclusion. Staring Ray Fearon as Othello, James Frain as Iago and and Anastasia Hille as Desdemona.
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Shattering Performance of a Magnificent Play
- By Daniel Duggan on 10-30-20
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Romeo and Juliet
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Michael Sheen, Kate Beckinsale, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
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Here is the full-cast production of Shakespeare's classic love story, fully dramatized from the complete text, and starring Michael Sheen as Romeo and Kate Beckinsale as Juliet.
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Great Language
- By Michael on 09-15-03
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Othello
- Argo Classics
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Richard David, John Barton, Anthony White, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
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Othello follows the story of the Moor through love, jealousy and deceit. Iago is furious about being overlooked for promotion and plots to take revenge against his general; Othello, the Moor of Venice. Iago manipulates Othello into believing his wife, Desdemona, is unfaithful, stirring Othello's jealousy. Othello allows jealousy to consume him, murders Desdemona and then kills himself.
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Othello
- (No Fear Shakespeare)
- By: SparkNotes
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam, Wayne Carr, William DeMeritt, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare! These popular guides make the Bard’s plays accessible and enjoyable.
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digestible bard
- By william andersen on 09-15-22
By: SparkNotes
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John Gielgud's Hamlet (Dramatized)
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: John Gielgud
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
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This outstanding historical recording made in 1941 for radio is widely regarded as one of the finest Hamlet performances ever, and one of John Gielgud's greatest moments. Though he went on to record it for commercial release, nothing matched this recording in the BBC studios, made before the days of editing.
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Gielgud's Hamlet - A Study in Perfection
- By Chris on 01-13-09
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King Lear
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Paul Scofield, Alec McCowen, Kenneth Branagh
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
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The tragedy of King Lear receives an outstanding performance in an all-star cast led by Britain’s senior classical actor, Paul Scofield. He is joined by Alec McCowen as Gloucester, Kenneth Branagh as The Fool, Harriet Walter as Gonerill, Sara Kestelman as Regan and Emilia Fox as Cordelia. This is the ninth recording of Shakespeare plays undertaken by Naxos AudioBooks in conjunction with Cambridge University Press, and is directed by John Tydeman. It was released to mark the 80th birthday of Paul Scofield in January 2002.
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This cold night will turn us all to fools & madmen
- By Darwin8u on 11-01-17